Improvement in horse hay-forks



D. G. S.-G0.CHNAUER.

Horse Hay-Fork. No. 86,831.. Pt ented Feb. 9, 1869.

" fiuiml fittin WWW- D. G. S. GOCHNAUER, OF MULBERRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

l Letters Patent N0. 86,831, dated Feta-awry 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

The chedifle referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, I). G. S. GOOHNAUER, of Mulberry, in the county ofYork, and in the'State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Boise Hay-Forks and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon The nature of my invention consists in the construe tionand general arrangement of a horse hay-fork, which wilLbe hereinafterfully set forth.

In order to enable others skilledin the art to which my inventionappertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, whichform a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a frontelevation, and

Figure 2, a side view.

A A represent the two tines, which are connected, at their upper ends,by a bent'bar, B, which forms thehandle of the fork.

Another bent bar, 0, is pivoted on a rod, D, at a suitable point in thehandle B, said rod extending across the fork, as seen in fig. 1.

' The lower ends of the bar 0 are provided with arms, a a, to the outerends of which the sliding tines E are pivoted.

The lower ends of the tines A A are pointed, and are provided withoblique slots, as shown in fig, 1.

The lower ends of the sliding tines E E form hooks,

b b, on their inner side, and are attached to the tines A A by bolts,which pass through the slots mentioned.

Qn top of the lever O is a spring, d, which catches under the handle B,and holds the lever up.

A bolt, 0, which passes through. the lever, connects the spring with aring, f, to which the trip-rope is attached, so that, by pulling on thisrope, the spriugd is depressed, .allowing the lever O to turn down,which forces the hooks b b downward and outward, allowing the bay todrop.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let'- ters Patent, is-- Thecombination of the tines A A, tines E E, bar D, handle B, lever O, andits arms ca, spring 01, and trip-bolt e, all substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 21st day of J auua'ry,'1869.

D. G. S. GOOHNAUER.

Witnesses:

LEOPOLD Evnnr, A. A. YEATMAJN.

